Shelving.



H. P. BBBGHERl SHBLVING.

A APPL'IGATION FILED DEG. 20, 1912., 1,062,759.

Patented May 2'?, 1913 H. .P. BBEGHBR. SHELVING. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, 1912. 1,062,759, Patented May 27,1913;

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IEEE:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT I. BEECHER, F AURORA, ILLINOIS, SSIGNOR TO LYON METALLIC FAcTUnING COMPANY, oF AURORA, ILLINOIS, A conrone'ifi of'ILLIis.

SHELVING.

To a?! 'Ur/unifi concern:

' YBe it known that l, Himmler P. Bracci-Inn,

a citizen of the United States, residing;` at

Arurora, in the countY of Kane and State 'of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful'flnipro-venient in Shelving, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention relates to shelving, more par-l ticularly metallic sectional shelving; and the object of thtl invention is to pro *ide ineans whereby the shelvinn' ina)7 acquire great stiffnessand rigiditv, lue-light in weight` interchangeable in `all-its parts. adjustable as to spacing and number of slielves,'and at the saine time be free from obstructing braces, tie rods, or the like. I *I accomplish nivobjeet bvsthe construcftion shownfin the accompanying drawings Figurel 4is a 'front elevation 0f two sections of shelving embodying the invent-ion.4 Fig. Q is an end' `elevation oftwo banks of shelvesv arranged back to back. Fig: 3' is a sectional elevation taken on the line 3-3 A Fig. 2. Fig. elfis a sectional elevation taken .on the line 4;-1 Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a plan sectiontaken on the line 5*5`Fig. 5.

Similar-'numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views. v

The uprights l consist of flangedibars having usually a T shaped cross section asbestI shown in Fig. 5, although at the end of the shelving L shaped angle bars may be employed. Each 'flange of the uprights 4has I al ner-tical 'row o'f apertures 2 spaced equi distantly.- ln the lpreferred form the shelves 3 have depending flanges 4 von all fouredges, said anges serving several functions; for exam- 4:0

impart-a. finished appearance thereto; and also afford an appreciable surface against which the flanges of the-uprighils may abutl with theresult of stideningthe structure' as a whole. Another function vof the shelfl l anges is to afford means `of attachmentv to the upright.` For this purpose the flanges' of theshelves are provided.- with' apertures located in' position to register wlt-hf'the' ape.

ertures in the uprightslwhen the parts are lent 'devices'v as indicat'e'i.-

Specification of Letters Patent. Application mea becember 2o, 1912. serial No. 737,793

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lale they stitfen the shelves themselves and 'l without any. weakening effecten the Abrace assembled. The parts '1n question are fas tened together. by st-o'vebolts 6)orequlva band iron of suitable ple, band iron one inc of'an inch thick w'A ordinary purposes. These' ml'lt'l ''illf as forming flat arches, the h of the brace being rectilinear and Contact,- ing the under 'surface of t'he'g'sll major portion of the lengthV t the ends, however ward far enough to v their ends to registerv uprigbts located bel ment of the shelf to and uprights -bvistove bolt l l tening devices. Each shelf is also to vthe braces' beneath it. construction stove bolt. fastening means, passe" two parts in As a result of 'my f'ebii's'tli ing' when assembledlifipeci ril'id in all directions L i triangle will notffwrack and it wiflllf noted in my shelving therefis the 'equivalent of a triangle at each tend: of ieach: brace. One .point of the 'triangle ismihere the brace fastened to' the yflanioaa:tof ishelthe second. point of the fr neel as svl'r the; shelf attaches lto the livin-iight point. is where the yloraceil tV Each of these t to the rigidity of the str shown there-will be etl'h for each shelf. Itwill be .not-ed; however., that with the form of brace which I. employ there will be little, ifanv, obstruction either at the front or vend of .asection of shelving; for the brace hugs-the under side of the shelf for the'greater portion of the brace and therefore is not vonlyjout of the way but'js invsiblewhe'n the shelvesfare "provided 'with 'i depending marginal flanges as 'the preferred const rnc't-ionlcalls fon". The curve 'atti-ie end of `the bracelis' practically for lthe reason thatthe bend rlies in the plane of the greatest dimension of the brace, that is,v the curvature is notapparent in looking at the edge of the brace-.but vonlywhen lookingat the side thereofL- 'Another character- 110 isticjvhich adds rigidity lto the structure lies in the factthat the flanges at the end of ,the shelfbear tightly against the flanges of the upright. thus affording a lsubstantial abutment for the upright. Again, the endv f the brace is drawn tight-ly against the flange of the upright. which also contributes t0 'the rigidity. On theifwho-le rnyconstruc-y tion is such that when the parts areassern- `bled the result-ing structure is perfectly firm and rigid and. yet upon casualglance it'appears t o,be without b'racesofl any kind. l -Havlng'thus described my invention what I claim as new-and desire to-secure by Let- .gter's Patent is 1. In shelving, the combination of an upright, a shelf, .a'nd a brace, the shelf being attached to. theA upright,the brace being at. tached'to the upright at a point remote from thepointof attachment of the shelf, and the brace beingalsol attached tothe shelf and bein forned to contactthe underside ofthe shel for the major portion of the length of the brace.4

2'. In shelving, the combination of an uprighthaving a vertical row of apertures, a shelf, and a brace, the-shelf being attached to the'u' rightvat one of the apertures there-- of, the race being attached to the upright at a -loweraperture thereof, and the brace being also attached to. the lshelf and being l'fr'med to lietangent to the underside of the tured at regular inte1 \'als,a shelf extending from one -upright tothe other and fastened to' the uprights at one of the apertures there-4 in, a brace fastened to the uprights at apertures belowfthefpoint of vattachment of the shelf to the uprights, and a depending flange on said shelf, said 'brace having the form of a long flat arch and contacting Iboth the flange and the under surface of the shelf for the major portion of the lengthof the brace.

Sectional nshelving comprising uprigh'ts haring apertures spa-eed equidistantly, a shelf fastened to the uprights at'one of thev apertures therein, adepending flange on said shelf, and a brace having the form of a flat arch contacting the said flange and lying tangent to the shelf throughout the major portion of the length of the brace', the brace being curved downward at the ends and be-l ing fastened'atthe ends to fthe uprightsat -apertures therein below the oint of attachnien-t of the. shelf to the upright.l

6. Sectional shelving comprising a shelf having a depending flange along each edge,

four uprights lprovided with equally spaced apertures arranged in a -Vertica-l row, said uprights consisting of ,flanged -bars each abutting two different flanges of the shelf, fasteningmeans passing through each flange of the up'rights and the abl'itting4 flange of lthe shelf, and flat-arch braces contacting the underside of the-shelf for the major portion of the leng'tl'ifof the braces, said braces bending'downward at the ends and. lying flatagainst the inside of the flange -of ,the uprights, land being fastened thereto ,at apertures below the point of attachmentof the shelf to the upright.

' In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses; v

v HERBERT I. BEECHER. Witnesses:

ROY, J. SoLrEsBUnG, HELEN I. SoLrEsnURG. 

